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Patented Deo. 17, 1895.

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W. ASSHE'I'ON.V MANIFOLDING AUTOGRAPHIGTABLBT.

No. 551,707. Patented Deo. 17, 1895..

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UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ASSHETON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLANDfASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO DAVID STEWART AND CHARLES J. CARROLL, OF SAME PLACE.

MANIFOLDING AuTocRAFSl-uc TABLET.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,'707, dated December 17, 1895. Applicant nea september 11, 1895. serial No. 562,153. (No moda.)

To LZZ 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM AssHEroN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bal-v timore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Autographic Tablets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amanifolding autographic tablet for the use of salesmen.

The object of the invention is to provide a salesmans tablet and pad of such shape as will admit of being carried in the coat-pocket and which will produce at one writing three copies of Va sales-check, each of the three checks having corresponding printed spaces.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a perspective view of the tablet and paper pad ready for use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of thetablet, pad-back and one slip folded with carbon-paper in position for writing to produce three copies'. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the tablet-back and the paper-pad back in position thereon, showing the means which holds'the pad of paper slips to its proper position. Fig. 4 is a view of the tablet with the end of the paper slips folded up and held by the rubber band, this being the condition of the parts when the tablet is carried in the pocket. Figs. 5 and 6 show, on a smaller scale, the two sides of one of the paper slips. Fig. 7 shows in perspective one of the paper slips folded as it is on the tablet when it is being written upon. Fig. S is a view like Fig. 7, but shows a modication of the slip where all the three copies have the same length.

The tablet comprises a back A, an end flange or stop B, a carbon-paper holder O and sizer or folder D, whichV rest-s on top of the uppermost slip of the paper pad.

To more particularly describe the tablet the back A is a thin plate of suitable material,Y either metal or sheet liber, provided with a flange B, extending across its upper end and also for a short distance on its side, as at e. This end flange serves as a stop or register, against which the upper end of the pad of paper slips abuts, as in Figs. l and et. W'hen the pad is thus abutting the end` liange B, both ends of the topmost slip may be folded over the sizer D with an assurance that the corresponding spaces on the three portions of the printed slip will register or coincide. The carbon-paper holder and oneend of the sizeror folder are combined ink one piece, as follows:V A'plate O of metal has a straight edge f extending Ycrosswise of the pad, over which the upper end 7L of the paper slip is folded-that is, said upper end is folded downward and toward the lower end. This plate has a narrow cross-slot g parallel with the said edge f. One end of thefcarbon-paper projects out through the cross-slot. The carbon-paper has two writing-sections ci 2 or two ends. One section c" is looseV like a flap and in practice folds downward upon the lower end h3 of the paper slip and at the same time under the upper end h of the paper slip. The other section 1'? of the carbonpaper lies flat upon the middle stretch h2 of the paper slip and is kept in 4position by the lower plate or cross-barj, which has a straight edge j", over which in operating the device the lower end or lower stretch h3 of the paper slip is folded upward. Thus the lower end h3 of the paper slip will lie fiat upon the lower section '2 of the carbon-paper.

The uppersection z" of the carbon-paper is broader than the lower section, and has at opposite Vedges a shoulder 7c, which rests 011 the plateO. These shoulders la prevent the carbon-paper from being drawn down when a paper slip is detached.

The sizer or folder D comprises the upper cross-plate, with its straight edge j', and the lower cross-plate j, with its straight edge f', andthe side bars Z, connecting these two crossplates. Thus the sizer is in the form of a rectangular frame. The printed matter for the three checks is on two sides of the paper slips and is gaged to suit the dimensions of the sizer, so that when the lower end or check h3 and the top end or check h of the paper slip are folded over the sizer the corresponding spaces on the three stretches of the slip or the three checks will register with each other, and any writing that may be done by means of a pencil on the original 7L will be produced in the proper space of each of the said three checks.

The sizerD is connected with the back plate A of the tablet by means of two spring-arms m, one at each side. The spring-arm consists of a wire which is rigidly hooked into the back plate at n, and a coil o is in the arm to increase its resiliency. The end of the springarm is connected with the sizer by a hook p on the arm engaging a projecting lug q on the sizer-frame. This arrangement of spring-arm allows the sizer-frame Dto be lifted or raised far enough from the back pla-te A to insert a new pad of paper slips R. These pads are made up of fifty or one hundred paper slips, each having three parts 71/ h2 it and a strip of tough paper s for a backing, and all the paper slips and the tough-paper backing are temporarily secured together at one or more points by adhesive gum t on the edges. This keeps the slips from separating. The toughpaper back s has a V-slit u, and the back plate A of the tablet has a thin cross-bar r. (See Fig. 3.) Then the parts are in position the tongue of said V-slit is slipped under the said cross-bar, and 'thereby the pad ol' paper slips is held in proper position with the npper end of the pad abutting the end flange l5. The back plate A has a rubberloop w secured to it, and when the lower end ot' the pad is folded np and over the sizer, as in Fig. 4, the said rubber loop will confine the parts and keep same in condition to be conveniently carried in the pocket.

Each paper slip on one side has two printed forms-one at the top end, 7L, which is the original, because it is the one on which the writing is done, and a corresponding form on the lower end, 7b3-and in the middle between t-hese two is a blank. 0n the opposite side the paper slip has in the middle a form h2, like that on the lower end, and at each end of this form is a blank, all as shown in Figs. 5 and (i. The top check h. may be a coupon giving only a summary, and be shorter than the other checks, as in Figs. 5, and 7, and in this case the lower portion of cheek t becomes an originalg or said top check may be the same size as the others, as sh'iwn at 7L" in Fig. S. vWhen the ends 7i 7L are folded over the sizer, they take the position relative to the middle 7:2, as shown in Figs. 7 and S. After a slip thus folded has been written on, it may be readily detached from the pad by simply grasping the lower end l1 and drawing it from,

under the sizer and folder l). The carbonpaper remains always set in readiness for use.

lla-ving thus described my invention, l claiml. ln a manifolding tablet, the combination of a back plate provided with a register or stop to determine the position of a paper pad resting on said plate; a sizer or folder to rest on the topmost slip of a paper pad and connected yieldingly with vsaid back plate; and carbon paper which has two sections one of which extends under the sizcr or folder and the other being loose like a flap.

2. ln a manifolding tablet, the combination of a back plate provided with a register or stop to determine the position of a paper pad resting on said plate; a sizer or folder connected with said back plate and having its extreme upper and lower edges extending in a direction crosswise of the back plate, said edges serving for the projecting ends et' a paper slip to be folded-one end downward and the other end upward; a carbon-paper holder; and carbon paper which has two writing sections one of which folds over the other and one section provided at opposite edges with a notch or shoulder which engages the said holder and thereby retains the carbon paper in position.

Si. ln a manifolding tablet, the combination of a back plate provided with a register or stop to determine the position of a paper pad resting on said plate; a frame having two extreme parallel edges extending in a direction crosswise of the back plate, said edges serving as folders over which the paper slips arc to be turned; a slot extending par allel with said folding edges; and carbon paper inserted in said slot and provided at opposite edges with a notch or shoulder which engages the plate at the ends of t-he slot.

i. In. a manifolding tablet, the combination of a back plate provided with a register o1' stop to determine the position of a paper pad resting on said plate; a sizer or folder to rest on the topmost slip of a paper pad; spring arms connecting the said sizer with the back plate; and carbon paper having two writing sections one of which isheld .ilat by the said sizer or folder and the other section folds over said llat section.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ASSI I E'ION. lVi tnesses:

Tiros. C. BAILEY, J onN J1 UAmioLL.

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